Legalov A.A. 2025. A new species of the genus Omophorus Schoenherr, 1835 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from the Philippines // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.24. No.5: 246–248 [in English].
Altai State University, Lenina Str. 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia. E-mail: fossilweevils@gmail.com
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.24.05.03
ABSTRACT. A new species, Omophorus (Omophorus) philippinesis Legalov, sp.n. from Mindanao, the Philippines, is described and illustrated. This new species differs from the South African Omophorus (Omophorus) stomachosus Boheman, 1881 in that it has a non-convex prescutellar interstria behind the wide scutellar shield, rugose elytral striae; wide epipleuron, and strongly flattened rostrum in the two apical thirds. These are the first records of the genus Omophorus Schoenherr, 1835 from the Philippines and of Omophorus (Omophorus) from the Oriental Region.
KEY WORDS: Curculionoidea, Molytinae, Metatygini, new species, Mindanao.